We would go into the woods when I was a child and pick up black walnuts. Which have a thick husk on them that will turn your hand green when you would try to peel them off.

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We would wear gloves to pick them up off the ground. We would put the nuts in the bucket of the Massey Ferguson tractor and fill the bucket. Then we would drive the tractor down to the driveway to dump the walnuts on it.  The cars and trucks that drove in and out of the drive way would break the husks on the walnuts. It saved a lot of us from having green hands by doing it this way. After all the husks were broken off we would take and put them on of the back porch to dry out.

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Black walnuts have a thick hard shell on them that we would use a hammer to break open. After the walnuts were shelled we would store them in the freezer, Nuts have oils in them that can go rancid if not stored properly.

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We would use the black walnut meats in nut breads,cookies cakes and on top of frosting on cookies and cakes to decorate them. We would also put them in ice cream.    

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Stay tune for the next foraging for food-part 10 wild plums 

If interested here is the links to my other Foraging for food blogs:

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-1-asparagus

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part2-gooseberries

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-3-blueberries

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-4-dandelions

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-5-raspberries

https://steemit.com/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-6-blackberries

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-7-pine-trees

https://steemit.com/food/@coffeetime/foraging-for-food-part-8-acorns

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